Project Management Intern – Urban Resilience and Climate Action

About the role

UN-Habitat is looking for a full-time Project Management Intern in Nairobi to assist with project coordination, research and knowledge production for an urban resilience and climate action project. The internship is on-site in a UN environment and requires enrolment in a graduate programme or final year of a first degree in a relevant field, and computer literacy in Microsoft Office.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in managing the project Accelerating Urban Resilience and Pro-poor Climate Action in Belize, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (2025-2028), supporting the Nairobi-based project team and its country counterparts.
• Contribute to developing a pilot multi-partner competency- and knowledge-based methodology for capacity development.
• Help plan, design and implement capacity development projects, including workshops, expert consultations, training programmes and learning activities.
• Support literature reviews, data collection and qualitative and quantitative analysis for research workstreams on capacity needs assessments, competency frameworks and urban resilience and climate adaptation.
• Help synthesize research findings, technical evidence and stakeholder inputs to inform capacity development and programme decisions.
• Draft and edit technical papers, reports, background documents and concept notes, and prepare presentations, briefing materials and meeting summaries.
• Support tracking and reporting of project and training activities, and coordinate with governments, universities, professional associations and UN partners, including scheduling meetings, organising training and webinars and preparing agendas and minutes.
• Maintain project documentation, technical resources and knowledge products, and perform other assigned duties.

Required profile

• Enrolled in a graduate programme (second university degree or equivalent or higher), or in the final year of a first university degree (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent).
• Graduated with a Bachelor's, Master's, PhD or equivalent.
• Computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
• Interest in the work of the United Nations and commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
• Ability to interact with people of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, with tolerance of differing views.